Backs to the Land

Seasons

Season 1 (1977)

All six episodes from the first season of the 1970s ITV sitcom set in Norfolk during the Second World War. Three very different young women - debutante Daphne Finch-Beauchamp (Marilyn Galsworthy), Cockney lass Jenny Dabb (Terese Stevens) and down-to-earth Jewish girl Shirley Bloom (Philippa Howell) - are sent to Crabtree Farm, Norfolk, owned by the tight-fisted farmer Tom Whitlow (John Stratton), to work as 'land girls' - replacing the male farm labourers who have been sent off to the front. Episodes are: 'A Miss Is As Good As a Male', 'Nymphs and Shepherds Come Expensive', 'Alarms, Excursions and Day Trips', 'Sons and Lovers, God Forbid', 'We Shall Fight Them in the Breeches' and 'All Is Somehow Gathered In'.

Season 2 (1978)

All six episodes from the second season of the 1970s ITV sitcom set in Norfolk during the Second World War. Three very different young women - debutante Daphne Finch-Beauchamp (Marilyn Galsworthy), Cockney lass Jenny Dabb (Terese Stevens) and down-to-earth Jewish girl Shirley Bloom (Philippa Howell) - are sent to Crabtree Farm, Norfolk, owned by the tight-fisted farmer, Tom Whitlow (John Stratton), to work as 'land girls' - replacing the male farm labourers who have been sent off to the front. Episodes are: 'Enter Flirting', 'All Mod Con-Tricks', 'Nickers in the Woodpile', 'The Warsaw Overture', 'The Magnetic Pole' and 'New Broomsticks'.

Season 3 (1978)

All seven episodes from the third season of the 1970s ITV sitcom set in Norfolk during the Second World War. Three very different young women - debutante Daphne Finch-Beauchamp (Marilyn Galsworthy), Cockney lass Jenny Dabb (Terese Stevens) and down-to-earth Jewish girl Shirley Bloom (Philippa Howell) - are sent to Crabtree Farm, Norfolk, owned by the tight-fisted farmer, Tom Whitlow (John Stratton), to work as 'land girls' - replacing the male farm labourers who have been sent off to the front. The episodes are: 'Rainbow Around My Neck', 'Remains to Be Seen', 'Let's Talk Turkey', 'Waits and Desperate Measures', 'Don't Call Us, We'll Call You', 'A Day Dog and Doris' and 'Right Royal'.